It's a terrible name, I think we can all agree. The music of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., though, is much better than the name suggests. Today's free track, "Morning Thought," combines electronic buzz with sweet melody.

Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott came together in 2009 with the goal, according to Allmusic.com, of creating ambitous, tuneful dance music. Last year, they released a first album for the Warner Bros. label. The record carried the title "It's a Corporate World."

Today's free track, previously made available through the Stereogum blog, is the first cut on that album.

By the way, even the band seems to acknowledge that its name is bad -- or at least silly. "Since you were willing to sign up for a newsletter from a band with a name as ridiculous as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., you deserve something special," reads the e-mail the band sends when the free track is requested.

Here's a recent press release about what the band's up to these days.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. will be releasing a special Detroit-themed 12" for Record Store Day. The EP will feature "We Almost Lost Detroit," a Gil Scott-Heron cover that also appears on their full length debut It's A Corporate World, as well as two covers of songs by fellow Detroit artists Madonna and Sixto Rodriguez and three remixes by Detroit-based artists. The 12" is a limited pressing of 2k standard black vinyl units and will be available for $16.98 exclusively on Record Store Day on 4/21.

We Almost Lost Detroit EP (Record Store Day exclusive 12")

Side A

We Almost Lost Detroit (album version)

Like A Prayer (Madonna cover)

I Think Of You (Sixto Rodriguez cover)

Side B

We Almost Lost Detroit (Stepdad remix)

Morning Thought (Phantasmagoria remix)

Simple Girl (Chuck Daniels remix)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. will play a special hometown show in Detroit at the Majestic Theatre on Record Store Day on 4/21. They also added a pair of headlining shows in NYC at Brooklyn Bowl on 3/31 and Bowery Ballroom on 4/1, and will play a few shows at SXSW in Austin as well as at Bonnaroo this summer. A full list of upcoming tour dates is below.